Artists should make beautiful things says Grayson Perry a British artist that won 2003's Turner prize(Transvestite potter) and is mostly known for his bright colored ceramic vases and cross-dressing.
Grayson Perry recently gave an interview for YOOX where he explains that a good artist is the one that makes really attractive stuff. He recently created a project of six tapestries for Victoria Miro Gallery, London that focus on the emotional world of things we reach daily like eating, drinking or even things we wear. A limited-edition of this project(The Vanity of Small Differences) made for placemats can be purchased online at Yoox.
Goldfish in Japan is considered to be the symbol of happiness, luck and prosperity therefore many people praise them and feel well being around them.
A team from the Kyoto University of Art & Design in Japan called Kingyobu(which means "goldfish club" in English) accomplished a quite interesting project where they took over unused phone booths found in Osaka streets and converted them into fish tanks full of goldfish. Instantly those instalments got locals attention turning them into popular attraction across Osaka city. Kingyobu phone booths
Colorful buildings from around the world show us how important a color can be in architecture and design. Each country or region has their own loved colours based on their culture and civil environment their residents are living into.
Below we are going to post some of the most colourful social buildings from around the world. 1. Two social housing blocks called Honeycomb Apartments by OFIS in Izola, Livade Slovenia. 2. Paris social buildings on On Marcadet street by X-TU Architects enriched with colorful front face 3. Rainbow colored…
This year Ketel One Bar Design Competition in Australia was won by Melbourne's Y2Architecture scheme that incorporated salvaged materials from architecture offices.
The jury was impressed by Y2Architecture's submission for equally meeting three core criteria for any architectural work; innovation, functionality and style. Credits ArchitectureandDesign.com.au
Olafur Eliasson is an artist that along with engineer Frederik Otessen developed a small solar-powered light called Little Sun as a practical and cheap source of light for people that have limited or no access to mains electricity.
Olafur grew in Iceland where winter has no sunlight available, this fact created him a kind obsession with light and how people interact with it and connect with each other. The little sun contains a solar panel that gathers solar energy that will later convert it into bright light, 5…
Design Libero created The Green Wheel a futuristic rotary garden for NASA in order to provide constant supply of fresh herbs and vegetables using little space for obvious reasons.
Nowadays you don't have to be an astronaut to use this revolutionary garden since Design Libero decided to offer Green wheel to the free market. Besides its unique look and feel this rotary garden seems to have practical advantages too since you can grow your own vegetables inside your kitchen…